Many files:

  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time


config/ac-macros/misc.m4:
  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time
configure.in:
  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time
include/config-netware.h:
  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time
include/config-win.h:
  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time
include/my_global.h:
  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Put back old code to check stack direction at configure time

config/ac-macros/misc.m4

@@ -450,6 +450,29 @@ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_BOOL], [1], [bool is not defined by all C++ compilators])
 fi
 ])dnl
 
+AC_DEFUN([MYSQL_STACK_DIRECTION],
+ [AC_CACHE_CHECK(stack direction for C alloca, ac_cv_c_stack_direction,
+ [AC_TRY_RUN([#include <stdlib.h>
+ int find_stack_direction ()
+ {
+   static char *addr = 0;
+   auto char dummy;
+   if (addr == 0)
+     {
+       addr = &dummy;
+       return find_stack_direction ();
+     }
+   else
+     return (&dummy > addr) ? 1 : -1;
+ }
+ int main ()
+ {
+   exit (find_stack_direction() < 0);
+ }], ac_cv_c_stack_direction=1, ac_cv_c_stack_direction=-1,
+   ac_cv_c_stack_direction=)])
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(STACK_DIRECTION, $ac_cv_c_stack_direction)
+])dnl
+
 AC_DEFUN([MYSQL_CHECK_LONGLONG_TO_FLOAT],
 [
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(if conversion of longlong to float works)

configure.in

@@ -1792,6 +1792,8 @@ MYSQL_TYPE_ACCEPT
 #---END:
 # Figure out what type of struct rlimit to use with setrlimit
 MYSQL_TYPE_STRUCT_RLIMIT
+# Find where the stack goes
+MYSQL_STACK_DIRECTION
 # We want to skip alloca on irix unconditionally. It may work on some version..
 MYSQL_FUNC_ALLOCA
 # Do struct timespec have members tv_sec or ts_sec

include/config-netware.h

@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ extern "C" {
 /* signal by closing the sockets */
 #define SIGNAL_WITH_VIO_CLOSE 1
 
+/* On NetWare, stack grows towards lower address */
+#define STACK_DIRECTION -1
+
 /* On NetWare, we need to set stack size for threads, otherwise default 16K is used */
 #define NW_THD_STACKSIZE 65536
 

include/config-win.h

@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ inline double ulonglong2double(ulonglong value)
 #endif
 
 
+#define STACK_DIRECTION -1
+
 /* Optimized store functions for Intel x86 */
 
 #ifndef _WIN64

include/my_global.h

@@ -804,6 +804,10 @@ typedef SOCKET_SIZE_TYPE size_socket;
 #define ulong_to_double(X) ((double) (ulong) (X))
 #define SET_STACK_SIZE(X)	/* Not needed on real machines */
 
+#ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
+#error "please add -DSTACK_DIRECTION=1 or -1 to your CPPFLAGS"
+#endif
+
 #if !defined(HAVE_STRTOK_R)
 #define strtok_r(A,B,C) strtok((A),(B))
 #endif

sql/sql_parse.cc

@@ -5042,7 +5042,11 @@ bool check_merge_table_access(THD *thd, char *db,
 
 #ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
 
-#define used_stack(A,B) (long)(A > B ? A - B : B - A)
+#if STACK_DIRECTION < 0
+#define used_stack(A,B) (long) (A - B)
+#else
+#define used_stack(A,B) (long) (B - A)
+#endif
 
 #ifndef DBUG_OFF
 long max_stack_used;